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What are the latest updates on the missing American tourists after the Nepal‑Tibet floods?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The State Department says ninety Americans are still unaccounted for Following devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet. Five have been rescued, but an official with one tour group says that They've had no contact with their travellers and guides since the floods hit. We have the latest from NPR's Michelle Kelluman.
Himalayan Glacier is one of the groups that runs tours that are popular for Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains who trek around Mount Kilash in Tibet. Managing director Sanket Pandey says nine Americans were in one of his groups planning to enter Tibet on the day of the devastating floods.
So it's been uh in a quiet uh a group for you days. And hoping for any sort of positive signs of life or any identification um for any of our group members.
How is the U.S.–Iran conflict affecting the Strait of Hormuz and global fuel supplies?
The State Department says it's providing five hundred thousand dollars in aid and offered Nepal search and rescue assistance. It's also surge counselor staffing at the embassy in Kathmandu, Michelle Kelleman and PR News the State Department. Today
marks six months since the United States and Israel went to war with Iran. Direct talks between the US and Iran have essentially ground to a halt. Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway critical to the world's fuel supply, into its strategic weapon. Interest rates might go up as early as next month. That's the takeaway among investors, weighing Fed chair Kevin Walsh's remarks today at a gathering of economists and central bankers in Jacksonhole, Wyoming.
Inflation is running above our two percent target. So the Fed's predominant focus. right now should be on prices.
What did Fed Chair Kevin Walsh say about future interest‑rate moves and inflation?
Walsh did not offer guidance on how the Fed would act going forward. He says investors have become too reliant on that instead of making their own economic assessments. Warsh added that the central bank should be able to act without feeling constrained by market expectations. President Trump signed an executive order to begin creating a U.S. Space Academy. In Pierre's Franco Ordonnez reports, Trump announced the new academy while visiting NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
President Trump traveled to Houston to honor members of the Artemis two crew with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Before handing out the medals, he announced his plans to create a new training academy for military and civilian engineers.
Space Academy. That's a big deal.
What is President Trump’s new Space Academy and how will it train engineers?
Trump said the new school would be modeled after the military academy in West Point, the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, and other top military academies.
They're all great. But uh we're gonna have now A space force. We're gonna have an academy for what the people in this room love the most.
The president said a location for the new academy would be chosen soon.
That's NPR's Franco Dogna's reporting. It's NPR News. If you've noticed the late Dolly Parton's music playing just about everywhere, well it very well might be.
Ladies!
One of Dolly Parton's many hits, number of people who've streamed audio and video featuring the Queen of Country. Rose from two and a half million Monday to thirty five million Tuesday. as the world learned she had died at the age of eighty. The industry data and analytics company Luminate says in the US alone, streaming went from one point two million to more than twenty six million. And now Nashville's airport could become Dolly Parton International.
Why is Nashville’s airport being renamed Dolly Parton International and what are the costs?
There's been a growing campaign to rename B and A for the late singer songwriter. Mariana Bucca, Yao of Member Station WPLN reports, Tennessee's governor announced he's working with the airport to make the name change possible.
Changing Nashville's airport to Dolly Parton International technically goes against airport policy, which only allows a rededication to someone who's made contributions to the airport or the field of aviation. But the airport is pushing forward with the change anyway. It's expected to cost around $10 million to make it official. The push to rename Nashville's airport after Dolly Parton isn't new. Democrats Оферіазене то межа да вовнам не арпорт африк Дональ Трамп.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the latest updates on the missing American tourists after the Nepal‑Tibet floods?
0:01–0:53
2
How is the U.S.–Iran conflict affecting the Strait of Hormuz and global fuel supplies?
0:53–1:48
3
What did Fed Chair Kevin Walsh say about future interest‑rate moves and inflation?
1:48–2:33
4
What is President Trump’s new Space Academy and how will it train engineers?
2:33–3:45
5
Why is Nashville’s airport being renamed Dolly Parton International and what are the costs?
3:45–4:38
6
What political stories should listeners watch for in the upcoming fall midterm elections?
4:38–5:03